The villa outside the Qiao Palace was the place where Bai Xiaoru had lived for a short time before. Now, she came back.

This was Qiao Shaoting's arrangement.

Bai Xiaoru knew nothing about what had happened in Qiao Palace these days.

She only knew that when she saw Qiao Shaoting, he arranged a place for her to stay and wait for her to give birth.

She left without asking anything.

Although she didn't know what Qiao Shaoting was going to do, she knew that he wouldn't harm her or her baby.

Since she moved back to the villa, Qiao Yaozu had never appeared again.

She seemed to understand something.

Perhaps it was because she was too close to Qiao Yaozu before.

She knew that this day would come sooner or later.

A bitter smile flashed across her face.

The Qiao family wouldn't allow her to be like this with Mr. Qiao for too long. She had thought that she could have a few more happy days before the baby was born, but she didn't expect that Qiao Shaoting would separate her from Mr. Qiao so soon.

But he did nothing wrong.

Bai Xiaoru lowered her head and stroked her lower abdomen.

She shouldn't have been too close to Mr. Qiao.

At that time, when he came to her, she should have rejected him.

But in the end, she couldn't resist the greed inside her.

So it was good to be separated forcibly by others now.

But after she gave birth to the baby, would she be taken back to Qiao Palace to raise the baby?

Or did they have other plans?

The eyelashes of Bai Xiaoru quivered slightly.

Anyway, she wouldn't give the baby to Fang Liyuan, which was her bottom line.

At noon, when Bai Xiaoru was about to take a nap, she suddenly found that her belly was beating fast.

The baby kept kicking her with his little hands and feet, making her belly tremble.

Bai Xiaoru gently patted her belly and said in a soft voice, "Baby, do you also know that you are going to come out? The doctor said that you would come out of my belly soon to meet the world."

"Baby, when you come out, promise me that you will live a happy life. Don't live a poor life like me." Bai Xiaoru's eyes turned flushed. "I was born to be a humble servant. Even if I was bullied or degraded, there was nothing I could do."

"Baby, I don't wish you to be rich or powerful. I just want you to live happily with dignity. This is my biggest wish."

After talking to the belly for a long while, the baby finally calmed down.

Bai Xiaoru lay down and murmured, "Baby, are you sleepy too? Then I'll sleep with you now."

Then she closed her eyes.

She hoped that she could have a dream in which she could go back to the past.

At that time, she was not pregnant and hadn't been kicked out of Qiao Palace.

She was still Fang Liyuan's personal maid.

Although she was often bullied by Fang Liyuan, she could play with Mr. Qiao and chat with him openly. No one would gossip about them.

In fact, on second thought, it turned out that that period of time was her happiest day.

Then she fell asleep.

She had a dream.

In her dream, she really went back to the past.

She was playing with a paper plane with Mr. Qiao.

It was very hot, and Mr. Qiao's forehead was covered with sweat. She took a towel to wipe the sweat off Mr. Qiao's forehead.

While wiping his hair, she said with a smile, "Mr. Qiao, be slower when you run. Look, you are sweating."

Mr. Qiao smiled, showing his white teeth.

In the bright sunshine, his smile was bright and attractive, which amazed her.

At that moment, someone pushed her hard.

She staggered and fell to the ground.

Then she saw Fang Liyuan.

Fang Liyuan stood in front of her and pointed at her with a fierce look. "Bai Xiaoru, what are you doing? You even took a towel to wipe the sweat for Qiao Yaozu. Who do you think you are? You are just a lowly servant. How dare you wipe the sweat for him?"

Bai Xiaoru explained, "Miss Fang, I wipe Mr. Qiao's sweat because he is sweating."

"You have no right to do that," Fang Liyuan said. "You are just a nobody. You don't even deserve to polish Qiao Yaozu's shoes. How dare you touch his forehead! I'll trample you to death."

After saying that, Fang Liyuan stepped hard on Bai Xiaoru's belly.

A sharp pain came from her stomach.

She twisted her face in pain and begged, "Miss Fang, please don't step on me. It hurts. I am sorry."

Fang Liyuan grinned evilly. "I'm going to trample you to death. You lowly servant! This is the punishment for wiping the sweat off Qiao Yaozu's forehead. In this way, you will never dare to do that again."

"Ah!"

Just as the pain inside Bai Xiaoru was unbearable, a voice came to her ears.

It seemed to come from a very far place, passing through thousands of mountains and rivers and reaching to her ear.

"Miss Bai, what's wrong with you?"

"The baby is about to be born. Go and call the doctor!"

"Ah! It seems that she is bleeding."

There seemed to be something hot gushing out of her body.

Bai Xiaoru opened her eyes and saw servants around her.

The feeling of something surging out of her body continued.

She looked down and saw the red spots between her trousers.

She panicked.

Fortunately, the servants who took care of her were experienced.

One comforted Bai Xiaoru, "Miss Bai, don't worry. Pregnant women will have some symptoms like that before babies are born, and some will have amniotic fluid broken. The doctor will come soon. We will send you to the delivery room later."

Old Mrs. Qiao attached great importance to the baby in Bai Xiaoru's belly, so not only was there a doctor in the villa, but also the delivery room was ready.

About five minutes later, the doctor came.

She examined Bai Xiaoru and said that the baby only revealed one finger. It was still too early to be born.

"Miss Bai, can you eat something now?" The doctor asked. "If you can, eat something as soon as possible. You can have a natural birth under this condition. It will take a lot of energy to give birth later. Try to eat as much as possible."

Bai Xiaoru suffered from abdominal cramps and did not have any appetite.

But she had heard from an old man that natural birth was better for the baby, so she had to eat even if she did not want to do that at all.

She nodded vigorously.

Later, the doctor asked the servant to bring some food, all of which were high in calories, such as cake and chocolate.

Bai Xiaoru stuffed them into her mouth one by one.

She had thought that it would take at most an hour to give birth to the baby after she saw one finger, but the doctor said that only one finger could be seen now.

If a child was to be born, it would have to wait for at least ten fingers.

Bai Xiaoru asked the doctor how long it would take for the baby to show ten fingers. The doctor answered that it was uncertain. Some people would wait for a few hours, while some might stay in bed for one day.

"You are a primipara. It may take a long time," the doctor said to Bai Xiaoru. "It may be hard to bear the labor pain of giving birth. Hold on."

(to be continued)